Data Center Security Policy Best Practices Checklist
If you’re already familiar with Palo Alto Networks’ platform,
this checklist streamlines planning for and deploying security best
practices in your data center.
Your enterprise’s most valuable assets reside in your data center, including proprietary
source code, intellectual property, and sensitive company and customer data. Your
customers and employees trust you to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of their
data and expect that data to be always available, so it’s important to implement a data
center best practice security policy that safeguards your data and prevents successful
attacks. It’s not enough to harden the network perimeter because attacks can originate
from inside the network, attacks can come from partners and contractors whose
credentials have been compromised, and because if an attacker gains a foothold in your
network, the attacker can attack from the inside of the network by moving laterally from
device to device.
If you are familiar with Palo Alto Networks platform, you can save time by using this
streamlined checklist to step through pre-deployment planning, deployment activities,
and post-deployment maintenance to implement and sustain data center security policy
best practices. Each section includes links to detailed information in the full
Data Center Best Practice Security Policy
document or in the
PAN-OS Administrator's Guide, including how to configure
policy rules, security profiles, DoS attack prevention, and user authentication, how to
segment your network, and more.